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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Geetha Adinarayan, Bangalore, IN;

Shaw-Ben S. Shi, Austin, TX (US);

Gandhi Sivakumar, Bentleigh, AU;

Meng Hong Tsai, Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); H04W 4/043 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment for determining a marketing incentive for a user of an electronic device. In one embodiment, a computer processor detects a first electronic device within a retail environment utilizing a second electronic device that also identifies information associated with the first electronic device. In one embodiment, a computer processor determines a behavior associated with the first electronic device based, at least in part, on movement of the first electronic device within the retail environment. In one embodiment, a computer processor identifies data associated with the retail environment that includes information associated with a retailer associated with the retail environment and information associated with the first electronic device. In one embodiment, a computer processor determines a first marketing incentive based, at least in part, on the determined behavior associated with the first electronic device and the identified data associated with the retail environment.


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